The whole tired as fuck "tacos give you diarrhea" trope only applies to Taco Bell. How dare you besmirch taco trucks. They're usually authentic as hell and better than most restaurants, or at least on the west coast they are.
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As a former resident of Austin, Texas this meme makes no sense to me. In Austin, food truck tacos are the higher bar. Damn, now I want some Veracruz.
Also, the "Taco Bell makes you sick" refrain is so tired. Like how weak are your stomachs?
The "Taco Bell makes you sick" comes from an e.coli and salmonella outbreak in the early 2000's (2004?). It was bad enough and widespread enough to cement the idea into the public consciousness for 20+ years.
I heard a theory that the reason it persists is because there are people out there who get practically no fiber in their diets, and eating some beans at Taco Bell is enough to shock their systems.
oh i thought it was about the spiciness
i think you're both right!
There's also the "I ordered half the entire menu, ate it all with 20 packets of fire sauce and a gallon and a half of mountain dew. It's totally Taco Bell's fault that my stomach is having issues." brand of super genius.
I dunno if it was "bad enough," or if late night hosts and shit thought "lol Taco Bell gives you diarrhea" was good enough to joke about for 2+ decades (hint: it's not)
Taco Bell's biggest issue, I think, was that its outbreak happened during the Internet era. Jack In The Box's outbreak literally killed people, but it happened in the early nineties, so it eventually faded from memory.
But they still use super low grade meat, and probably cut corners on a bunch of other things too. Which I’m sure other fast food restaurants do too, but still. Throw in a bunch of hot sauce and you’ll have digestion issues.
Like when Jack and the Box used kangaroo and horse meat in their burgers?
Reject the big brands. Embrace the street trucks!
The best tacos I ever had was from some old guy with a cart at a truck stop somewhere in central valley CA
Crappy and prejudiced meme, DELET this nephew
Street tacos are great. Street food in general is great. Only street meat i regret is from when i was in Beijing and got a worm. In my experience china just doesn’t take food safety seriously
that would be mixed nuts for me, spicy pistachios for ultimate pain